The 2018 Legal 500 Asia Pacific ranked southgate as one of the top firms in its Corporate and M&A; Independent Local Firms category. The guide highlights the “strength and quality of [our] precise advice based on the outstanding experience of [our] dedicated lawyers’ and our ‘prompt correspondence across various sectors supported by the firm’s wide network’”.
The 2019 Legal 500 Asia Pacific ranked Mangyo Kinoshita and Eric Marcks as “Leading Individuals” in its Corporate and M&A; Independent Local Firms category. Only 15 attorneys received this recognition.
The guide describes Mangyo as “thoroughly impressive” and notes “his strong rhetoric and resourcefulness in convincing the opposing party in negotiations” and Eric as “superb and excellent”.
For details please see the Legal 500 Asia Pacific website below.
http://www.legal500.com/c/japan/corporate-and-manda/corporate-and-manda-independent-local-firms